Nagi Ganapathy Naganathan is the current president of the

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and the former dean of the College of Engineering at the

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Education

Naganathan received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli (now known as

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), master's degree in mechanical and industrial engineering from

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and his doctorate of philosophy degree in mechanical engineering from

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Career

Born in Madras, India; he was named interim president of the University of Toledo serving since July 1, 2014. In November 2016, Naganathan was selected as president of the

awarded him the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2007. In 2021, faculty at Oregon Institute of Technology held a

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in Naganathan, citing a disregard of university policy, shared governance, and fiscal management. The vote passed with approval from roughly 92% of faculty.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20120705045644/http://www.eng.utoledo.edu/mime/~nnaganat/ Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Oregon Institute of Technology American mechanical engineers Indian mechanical engineers Heads of universities and colleges in the United States National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli alumni University of Toledo faculty {{US-academic-administrator-20C-stub People from Chennai Indian emigrants to the United States Tamil people American people of Indian Tamil descent